A Case Report of 3 Clinical Types of Cutaneous Tuberculosis Simultaneously Appeared on One Person / 대한피부과학회지

ABSTRACT

Tuberculosis of the skin may present clinically as plaques, ulcers, verrucous, lesions, nodules, tumors, vegetatives reactions, and cicartricial infiltration. The reaction of the host to the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis also varies with the extent and the degree of invasion, the virulence of the bacilli, and nonspecific factors such as age and generaI state of health. The incidence of cutaneous tuberculosis has tendency to decline in the world because of thc availability of effective antiTB drugs, elimination of infected milk herbs, and an elevation of living standards, but in Korea, cutaneous tuberculosis remained to be a significant medical problem. We experienced 21 year-old male who had a case of 3 clinical types including Lupus vulgaris, Scrofuloderma, Papulonecrotic tuberculid. Diagnosis of 3 clinical types vere established by clinical history and signs, histo pathology, tuberculin test and effective of treatment vith INH, streptomycin and literature were reviewed.